diff --git a/kotlin-native/samples/gradle.properties b/kotlin-native/samples/gradle.properties
index d6c7c94bc9e..3fa394b80ed 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/samples/gradle.properties
+++ b/kotlin-native/samples/gradle.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ org.gradle.workers.max=4
 
 # Pin Kotlin version:
 # CHANGE_VERSION_WITH_RELEASE
-kotlin_version=1.5.10
+kotlin_version=1.6.0
 
 # Sets maven path for the kotlin version other than release
 #kotlinCompilerRepo=
diff --git a/kotlin-native/samples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/kotlin-native/samples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index be52383ef49..ecc9c3c3f7e 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/samples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/kotlin-native/samples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=bf8b869948901d422e9bb7d1fa61da6a6e19411baa7ad6ee929073df85d6365d
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/kotlin-native/samples/settings.gradle.kts b/kotlin-native/samples/settings.gradle.kts
index fe8efa90ec9..ed5559953a3 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/samples/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/kotlin-native/samples/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ pluginManagement {
     }
 }
 
-enableFeaturePreview("GRADLE_METADATA")
-
 val hostOs = System.getProperty("os.name")
 val isMacos = hostOs == "Mac OS X"
 val isLinux = hostOs == "Linux"